by Artillery | Mar 7, 2025 | Conservation Agriculture, Farm Management
Farmers sometimes resist adopting conservation agriculture (CA) techniques due to concerns about managing weeds. Since conservation tillage, a key component of CA, minimizes soil disturbance, traditional weed control methods like plowing prior to planting are no...
by Artillery | Mar 7, 2025 | Conservation Agriculture, Crop Diversification
What exactly are crop residues? Simply put, they are plant parts that remain after harvesting, such as maize stover, bean husks, stalks, leaves, and roots. Crop residues are often disregarded, although they play a crucial role in soil health and agricultural...
by Artillery | Mar 7, 2025 | Conservation Agriculture, Farm Management
Conservation agriculture is a set of agricultural practices that works to build healthy soil, manage water resources, and prevent soil erosion. It takes a holistic approach to farming, with producers deploying a number of different agricultural practices that work...
by Artillery | Jan 29, 2025 | Conservation Agriculture, Soil Health
Why the Soil is Farmers’ Greatest Asset When it comes to agriculture, it’s hard to overstate the importance of the soil. Soil is one of the fundamental building blocks of agriculture, and the state of farmers’ soils can make or break a harvest. Degraded soils that...
by Artillery | Jan 29, 2025 | Conservation Agriculture, Soil Health
We know that soil is the fundamental element for agriculture, but what makes the soil healthy? When evaluating soil health, soil scientists and agricultural extension experts at RICA often consider three main areas: Soil’s physical characteristics. This includes how...
by Artillery | Jan 29, 2025 | Conservation Agriculture, Erosion Control
Minimum soil disturbance is one of the main tenets of conservation agriculture, and with good reason. Soil is one of the most important assets that farmers have, and practicing no-till or minimum-till planting can go a long way toward protecting it. Tilling the soil...
